Mafia blood stains Olympic city

The murder in broad daylight of the well-known crime boss Eduard Kakosyan has cast a shadow on the image of the Black Sea resort Sochi

The Winter Olympics bring with them a huge injection of cash (Grosclaude)
Nicknamed “the Carp”, Eduard Kakosyan, a well-known crime boss, was drinking
coffee at his regular table in a cafe in Sochi last week when a black-clad
hitman on the back of a motorbike opened fire with an AK-47 assault rifle.

The burly figure slumped to the floor, watched by horrified customers in the
city that will host Russia’s much-trumpeted 2014 Winter Olympics.

The two-man hit squad sped away after firing about 20 rounds. Kakosyan, 31,
hit by three bullets in the chest, was rushed to hospital but died on the
operating table.

His murder in broad daylight has cast a shadow on the image of Sochi and
raised fears of a bloody turf war between clans fighting over a cut of the
massive state and private investment flowing into the Black Sea resort for
the games.

Kakosyan is said by police to have represented the criminal interests in Sochi
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